Jimmy Fallon

Missed seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda rap in “Hamilton”? The triple Tony winner offered a taste of his talent to the masses with a visit to “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday night, taking a second run at the show’s Wheel of Freestyle — where the player is given three words at random he has to incorporate into a rap. The hip-hop playwright was doing the rounds ahead of hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.

Miranda, who previously rhapsodized about a rainbow, pumpkin pie and Darth Vader during the game’s inaugural...

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Missed seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda rap in “Hamilton”? The triple Tony winner offered a taste of his talent to the masses with a visit to “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday night, taking a second run at the show’s Wheel of Freestyle — where...

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Donald Trump will visit “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday, just as the presidential race enters its final inning.
This will be Trump’s third appearance on “The Tonight Show” as a candidate and comes just a few weeks...

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As has become routine in moments of national tragedy, the mass shooting in Orlando dominated the late-night conversation on Sunday and Monday nights.
The attack left 50 people dead, including the perpetrator, and stands as the worst mass shooting in...

NBC had the thankless task of kicking off upfront week on Monday morning, a time slot that has lent some recent presentations a painfully undercaffeinated vibe.
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NBC's “Saturday Night Live” has aired a special tribute show titled “Goodnight Sweet Prince.”
“Tonight Show” host and SNL alum Jimmy Fallon hosted the episode. It featured clips of Prince performing on the comedy show over the past four decades and skits...

Memorials of Prince continue to roll in as the world attempts to process the death of the music icon who died Thursday at the age of 57 in his Chanhassen, Minn., home.
Thursday night, those remembrances extended to late night television.
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Jennifer Garner spilled a major red-carpet secret on "The Tonight Show" on Wednesday: Her Oscars gown was a weapon of deception -- and perhaps one of rib destruction.
The "Miracles From Heaven" star donned a black one-shoulder...

Hillary Clinton will pay a return visit to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on March 24.
It will be the democratic front-runner's second appearance on the ABC late-night show. She last stopped by in November, and has also graced the...

Jimmy Fallon's list of L.A. locales. Los Angeles Times
Friday marks the final night of "The Tonight Show's" week-long stint in Los Angeles.
And, oh, what a week it's been. From an opening night that featured a reimagining of LL Cool J's...

"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon was jotting down all the L.A. spots he used to frequent during the two years he lived in the city before moving to New York in 1998 for his "Saturday Night Live" gig. If this walk down memory lane...

Published in Los Angeles Times on February 17, 2016 — Print headline: "A play date in L.A. - Jimmy Fallon returns to town with `The Tonight Show' winning in the ratings and celebrities happy to be in his quirky sketches"

Jimmy Fallon doesn't have a drinking problem, an NBC exec said Wednesday after he was quizzed about rumors that surfaced last year after the host had a series of accidents.
The stories, according to the peacock network's entertainment Chairman Bob...

Jimmy Fallon is shaping up to be the clumsiest host in late night television -- "The Tonight Show" star took another tumble and injured himself ... again.
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Break out your melodica and do some high kicks: Stephen Colbert's ratings prove that "The Late Show" host is already shaking up the late-night TV landscape.
Of course it's still early yet, but numbers released Thursday for the first official...

As Pope Francis concluded his first tour of the U.S., another cultural conclave officially convened. Taking over for Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show," Trevor Noah became the last of the late-night host replacements.
The timing could not have...

Proving again that he’s master of orchestrating the reunions you didn’t know you wanted, as with “Full House” and “Saved By The Bell,” Jimmy Fallon reunited Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson for a “Good Burger” sketch on Wednesday night’s show.
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After a big opening night, ratings for the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" came back to earth Wednesday.
Colbert averaged 3.66 million viewers for his second CBS program, according to Nielsen, down 44% from the 6.55 million who watched his...

Fans of Kendrick Lamar had more than one option to hear the Los Angeles rapper's music on late-night television Wednesday.
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Everyone seems ready to see Stephen Colbert back on TV.
But it's inevitable that the Colbert of CBS' "The Late Show" will not be the same as the brash, satirical right-wing pundit on "The Colbert Report."
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